The Rev. Canon Matthews moved,—"That this Synod hereby cordially approves of the erection of schools to be named "The Glennie Schools' as a memorial of the life ...
Article : 199 wordsMR. J. C. STEWART, M.L A. for North Rockhampton, had called a meeting of electors at that centre for to-night. There was a large attendance, but he was ...
Article : 74 wordsFURTHER news from China states that, permission having been refused by the Viceroy of Chili, the captain of the British cruiser Aurora took forcible possession of the third train at ...
Article : 155 wordsA REPORT has been received that the British troops recently shelled the train which was conveying the British prisoners from Pretoria in No[?]chl, in the belief that it contained ...
Article : 89 wordsTHE very high esteem in which Mr. A. W. Darvall is held was evidenced in connection with the farewell banquet which was tendered to him in the Building Society's hall, ...
Article : 1,930 wordsOfficial intimation has been received at the War Office that a British column which was operating southwards from the Transvaal defeated the Boers at Honings Spruit and ...
Article : 74 wordsIt is stated that Laing's Nek and Majuba Hill, on the northern frontier of Natal, were both evacuated on Monday night last by the Boers. The advancing British army under ...
Article : 48 wordsTHE second session of the twelfth Synod of the Diocese of Brisbane opened on Tuesday afternoon at the Diocesan Hall, George-street. His Lordship the Bishop of ...
Article : 1,062 wordsIt has been ascertained that Private F. Suttie, of the Victoria Mounted Rifles, who was reported to have been taken prisoner at Rensburg, was killed at Blasters Hock. ...
Article : 32 wordsWHO killed Paul Kruger? "I," said Buller, "with my little puller— I killed Paul Kruger." Who saw him die? "I," said White, "with ...
Article : 148 wordsSINCE the 25th ultimo we have experienced fine weather, the temperature, on some days, being more like spring than winter. On Wednesday, the 6th instant, there was a ...
Article : 1,095 wordsM. Delcasse, the French Minister for Foreign Affairs, speaking yesterday with regard to the situation in China, stated that the insurrection of the "Boxers" was a common danger to the ...
Article : 101 wordsThe insurgents have burned down the new summer residence of Sir C. M. MacDonald (British Minister at Peking), among the hills, though the house had been placed under the ...
Article : 36 wordsIt is reported that a party of 40 unarmed British and American Protestant missionaries, together with 400 native probationers, are assembled at the American Methodist station in ...
Article : 222 wordsTHE Queen has conferred on Sir George White the Grand Cross of the Victorian Order. Sir George afterwards left Windsor Castle for London. The Queen displayed much ...
Article : 58 wordsIn an engagement with the British forces at Rooikrantz the Boers sustained a heavy blow. Their leader, Commandant Olivier, was killed, and Commandant de Villiers was mortally ...
Article : 31 wordsIT is my pleasing duty to record the visit of the Railway Commission to Mount Beppo. About half-past 12 yesterday (the 11th instant), a four-in-hand coach driven by Mr. J. H. ...
Article : 663 wordsREPORTS have been received that Colonel Carter, who is in command of a British column operating in Ashanti, has had a severe engagement with the Ashanti natives, who occupied ...
Article : 82 wordsMajors Owen and Bridges, of the New South Wales mounted forces, who some time since were invalided to England, are now convalescent. ...
Article : 27 wordsThe town of Machadodorp, to which President Kroger was lately reported to have fled, has been proclaimed capital of the Transvaal. The majority of the inhabitants are stated to ...
Article : 37 wordsIt is announced that Lieutenant C. W. Lamb, of the New South Wales Royal Australian Artillery, who has been engaged as a special service officer in South Africa, has ...
Article : 55 wordsYESTERDAY'S "Observer" says:—The latest news of plague, this morning, is to the effect that the remnant left at Colmslie by Death are all doing very well, though no official ...
Article : 122 wordsVERY hot weather is being experienced in England at the present time. At the Aldershot annual review on Monday 300 cases of sunstroke, of which four terminated fatally, ...
Article : 50 wordsIt is reported that the force of scouts raised by Major Cameron in Rhodesia, and known as "Cameron's Scouts," have departed for Marandellas. ...
Article : 26 wordsOFFICIAL news received from General Sir Redvers Buller, the British commander in-chief in Natal, is to the effect that the Boer troops have now evacuated Laing's Nek. Sir ...
Article : 69 wordsSir John Sutherland, Chairman of directors of the Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Company, said that two-thirds of that company's boats would coal either in Indian, ...
Article : 70 wordsMany men of the Johannesburg police force, with some Maxim guns, have surrendered to Major-General Sir Archibald Hunter. Fifteen of the men, having sworn allegiance to the ...
Article : 43 wordsA Chinaman named Ah Chow, who has been under observation at North Rockhampton, was to-day, pronounced to be suffering from plague, and has been removed to the quarantine ...
Article : 77 wordsThe Hon. W. P. Schreiner, the Premier of Cape Colony, is now reconstructing his Cabinet as a result of the resignation of Messrs. J. X. Merriman (Treasurer), J. W. Sauer (Minister ...
Article : 200 wordsNews from Ashanti states that the flooded state of the country is seriously delaying the advance of Colonel Willock's advance from Prahsu. ...
Article : 28 wordsThe United States sroops who are operating in Manila have captured Detpilar, the most daring of the Filipino generals. ...
Article : 27 wordsJeremiah Lonergan, aged 41 years, residing off Botany-road, Waterloo, and his daughter, Kate, 12 years of age, were both attacked with plague today. ...
Article : 65 wordsThe German Naval Bill has passed its third reading in the Reichstag by a majority of 201 votes to 103. ...
Article : 27 wordsCheering news comes from India, stating that the monsoon has set in on the Malabar Coast and northwards there from, causing rainfall in the Deccan and central provinces. ...
Article : 35 wordsThe 41st anniversary of the Wharf-street Congregational Church was celebrated last night by a tea and public meeting. At the City Police Court, yesterday, in the ...
Article : 257 wordsTHE Donnybrook p.c. cleaned up from a crushing of 318 tons for 1179oz. of gold. The concentrates and sands are estimated to yield an additional 300oz. ...
Article : 39 wordsThe work of suppressing the rebellion is being greatly simplified by thousands of Boers accepting tickets which will enable them to retain their farms. The leaders, however, are to ...
Article : 50 wordsThe 700 men of the Derbyshire Militia (the Sherwood Foresters) who were recently taken prisoners by the Beers, are now at Vrede, in the Orange Free State, where, it is stated, they ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 48 wordsTHE Premier (Mr. Lyne) states that he is opposed to the Australian Premiers meeting in conference to consider the imperial Government's amendment to clause 74. As the ...
Article : 122 wordsThe ex-President of the Orange Free State (Mr. Steyn) is now at Reitz, some 80 odd miles to the west of Kroonstad ...
Article : 26 wordsH.M.S. Doris conveyed a number of whale boats to Kosi Bay, for the purpose of enabling a detachment of British troops to engage a Boer force stationed on the border of Swaziland. ...
Article : 36 wordsQueensland: North, Central, and South.—Throughout the colony conditions will be fine to cloudy. Rain at intervals, in showers, over the Darling Downs and ...
Article : 49 wordsThe expedition of the Boers to the northward of Natal has been abandoned, owing to Major-General Hildyard having forced a strong position which they were occupying at Holmans ...
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